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After managing to give covid a swerve for over five years, it has finally got me and the other half. It's not too bad, aching joints/muscles, temperature, no appetite etc.
When I'm ill, I take myself off to bed. The other half is on the sofa in the lounge.
It's not so bad as we are both ill at the same time, but I find it annoying when they are ill and I'm not and they spend their day in the lounge whimpering. If we were ill as kids, we were dispatched by Mum to our bedrooms.
This is the third day for me. Anyone else had it recently and if so, how long does it last?
When I'm ill, I take myself off to bed. The other half is on the sofa in the lounge.
It's not so bad as we are both ill at the same time, but I find it annoying when they are ill and I'm not and they spend their day in the lounge whimpering. If we were ill as kids, we were dispatched by Mum to our bedrooms.
This is the third day for me. Anyone else had it recently and if so, how long does it last?
We're fortunate in that our bedroom and en-suite are on the top floor of our house so whenever one of is ill that becomes an isolation ward; all food, medication etc. is left on a tray on the landing. We've each been quarantined in there once or twice with the other sleeping in a spare room downstairs. Our bedroom has a small fridge, kettle, tv etc, so it's quite comfortable for a few days.
It s different for everyone. Covid is a very mild illness for me, I don t need to stop work as it s just some sniffles for about a week.
However, it floors my Mrs for 2 weeks straight (literally bed ridden) and she isn t 100% for another two weeks after that.
I know someone with long covid, the symptoms have been ongoing for about 2 years.
However, it floors my Mrs for 2 weeks straight (literally bed ridden) and she isn t 100% for another two weeks after that.
I know someone with long covid, the symptoms have been ongoing for about 2 years.
Edited by wyson on Tuesday 14th October 18:56
wyson said:
It s different for everyone. Covid is a very mild illness for me, I don t need to stop work as it s just some sniffles for about a week.
However, it floors my Mrs for 2 weeks straight (literally bed ridden) and she isn t 100% for another two weeks after that.
Bugger.However, it floors my Mrs for 2 weeks straight (literally bed ridden) and she isn t 100% for another two weeks after that.
We are due to go on holiday in 10 days. Just a self catering in Devon.
I came down with something last night. In about two hours I went from feeling very slightly under the weather to having a roaring sore throat and blocked sinuses. I found myself feeling relieved when I realised that the software concern I had at work would be OK if I ran it in a cabinet with compressed air. A few minutes later I ran that back through my head and realised Mr Braincell had gone bye bye and I was probably running a bit of a temperature. I've spent the day on the couch by myself feeling like s
t. I am hoping to make a storming recovery tomorrow, but we shall see.

Edited by ATG on Tuesday 14th October 19:06
October 3rd I spent the whole night getting up every few minutes to go to the loo and spit out gobfulls of saliva.The next morning I had all the usual flu symptoms.By Tuesday my throat was so inflamed I couldn't swallow without it being agony and I was constantly spitting out saliva again,now into a bucket.I took a covid test and was positive.Because of my throat I couldn't eat or drink and was becoming dehydrated,my pee,what little there was,was now a dark brown colour.I also hard hardly slept since Thursday.
I phoned 111 and they put me in touch with a local chemist who prescribed antibiotics on the phone.
The next 24 hours were horrific and I finally saw an out of hours doctor Wednesday evening who said there was nothing they could do,if I got worse go to a+e.
Fortunately on Thursday I started to recover.I was still covid positive on Saturday,so that's 8 days after my symptoms started.
It's now wednesday and apart from a cough and snotty nose I'm pretty much recovered although I have no energy at all.I am also no longer testing positive for covid.
For those who say covid is like a bad cold or the flu,it was not like that for me, I was doubled up in pain every time I swallowed and bearing in mind I was swallowing every 30 seconds or so,it was an horrific time.
My taste buds are still off too
Btw, I live alone
I phoned 111 and they put me in touch with a local chemist who prescribed antibiotics on the phone.
The next 24 hours were horrific and I finally saw an out of hours doctor Wednesday evening who said there was nothing they could do,if I got worse go to a+e.
Fortunately on Thursday I started to recover.I was still covid positive on Saturday,so that's 8 days after my symptoms started.
It's now wednesday and apart from a cough and snotty nose I'm pretty much recovered although I have no energy at all.I am also no longer testing positive for covid.
For those who say covid is like a bad cold or the flu,it was not like that for me, I was doubled up in pain every time I swallowed and bearing in mind I was swallowing every 30 seconds or so,it was an horrific time.
My taste buds are still off too
Btw, I live alone
wyson said:
It s different for everyone. Covid is a very mild illness for me, I don t need to stop work as it s just some sniffles for about a week.that.
I know someone with long covid, the symptoms have been ongoing for about 2 years.
Most recently the acute bit was a bit of a non-event, but the long(er) covid bit is something I've endured for about 50% of the time for the last four years or so. It's not quite one-way ticket to Switzerland territory, but very bleak knowing you've another two months of suffering and isolation every time it pops up.I know someone with long covid, the symptoms have been ongoing for about 2 years.
Wishing the OP all the best, thankfully my experience seems relatively rare.
Bluevanman said:
Btw, I live alone
Thanks. We are on the fourth day with no improvement.
The other half doesn't want me to contact the neighbours as they don't want to be the unclean in the cul-de-sac.
Thankfully we have no appetite but have a supply of tinned soup in the cupboard, along with the emergency packet of Haribo.
But living alone with covid is a challenge
Slow.Patrol said:
Thanks.
We are on the fourth day with no improvement.
The other half doesn't want me to contact the neighbours as they don't want to be the unclean in the cul-de-sac.
Thankfully we have no appetite but have a supply of tinned soup in the cupboard, along with the emergency packet of Haribo.
But living alone with covid is a challenge
Not really, anything you need can be deliveredWe are on the fourth day with no improvement.
The other half doesn't want me to contact the neighbours as they don't want to be the unclean in the cul-de-sac.
Thankfully we have no appetite but have a supply of tinned soup in the cupboard, along with the emergency packet of Haribo.
But living alone with covid is a challenge
Bluevanman said:
October 3rd I spent the whole night getting up every few minutes to go to the loo and spit out gobfulls of saliva.The next morning I had all the usual flu symptoms.By Tuesday my throat was so inflamed I couldn't swallow without it being agony and I was constantly spitting out saliva again,now into a bucket.I took a covid test and was positive.Because of my throat I couldn't eat or drink and was becoming dehydrated,my pee,what little there was,was now a dark brown colour.I also hard hardly slept since Thursday.
I phoned 111 and they put me in touch with a local chemist who prescribed antibiotics on the phone.
The next 24 hours were horrific and I finally saw an out of hours doctor Wednesday evening who said there was nothing they could do,if I got worse go to a+e.
Fortunately on Thursday I started to recover.I was still covid positive on Saturday,so that's 8 days after my symptoms started.
It's now wednesday and apart from a cough and snotty nose I'm pretty much recovered although I have no energy at all.I am also no longer testing positive for covid.
For those who say covid is like a bad cold or the flu,it was not like that for me, I was doubled up in pain every time I swallowed and bearing in mind I was swallowing every 30 seconds or so,it was an horrific time.
My taste buds are still off too
Btw, I live alone
I had very similar on the throat thing back in March. Strepsils do help so I make sure I always have some in now. When it was bad they were often the difference between sleeping and not sleeping. Though I had to take more as the night went on. I phoned 111 and they put me in touch with a local chemist who prescribed antibiotics on the phone.
The next 24 hours were horrific and I finally saw an out of hours doctor Wednesday evening who said there was nothing they could do,if I got worse go to a+e.
Fortunately on Thursday I started to recover.I was still covid positive on Saturday,so that's 8 days after my symptoms started.
It's now wednesday and apart from a cough and snotty nose I'm pretty much recovered although I have no energy at all.I am also no longer testing positive for covid.
For those who say covid is like a bad cold or the flu,it was not like that for me, I was doubled up in pain every time I swallowed and bearing in mind I was swallowing every 30 seconds or so,it was an horrific time.
My taste buds are still off too
Btw, I live alone
I recommend the strawberry flavour.
Edited to add that if you find that hot drinks are not helping in swallowing then it is possible it is not viral. I had all of the above without the cold symptoms a long time ago and ended up needing antibiotics through a drip. As that was bacterial tonsillitis.
Edited by JagLover on Wednesday 15th October 14:26
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